Michael Bourn

[snepp]

Also, any 1YR contract he would sign would have language included that would prevent the team from making a qualifying offer so he would not be stuck in limbo next off season like this winter.

 

That kind of agreement has been specifically outlawed in the new CBA.

[ashbury]

Because there's no good reason to waste a year of control of a plus prospect. It doesn't matter if there are more prospects waiting.

 

Maybe a little more specifically (and not in contradiction), there is a good reason to conserve that year, because if you have a logjam you may free it via a trade, and the extra year of team control makes a young player a more valuable trade chip.

[ThePuck]

The Twins could have kept Revere and saved themselves $71m if that was the case.

 

Exactly...same kind of player

[FrodaddyG]

Maybe a little more specifically (and not in contradiction), there is a good reason to conserve that year, because if you have a logjam you may free it via a trade, and the extra year of team control makes a young player a more valuable trade chip.

Precisely. An extra year of control adds player value to the team who has him if they keep him, or to any team that may want to acquire him down the line. It's really a no-brainer to lock in the extra year with a few weeks in Rochester.

[Twins Twerp]

The reason he hasn't signed is because of the draft pick connected. That is why no one is touching this guy. Next year you will be hoping he turns down your qualifying offer and I have a feeling he will not turn it down. For 20 million, you have to hope that he has a good season, does not get hurt, and that he doesn't accept your qualifying offer of about 14 million. No way is he worth 20 million when we probably have just as good of options in our farm system.

[Willihammer]

No way is he worth 20 million when we probably have just as good of options in our farm system.

 

For 2015 maybe. I doubt we do for 2013 or maybe even 2014.

 

The potential for a comp pick in 2014 is the least of it, IMO.

 

And, as Jim Pohlad has said all offseason, the cash isn't a problem.

[edavis0308]

If we arent going to use this theorhetical money that is being discussed to sign Bourn to a one year deal on a pitcher, then the money just plain isnt getting spent this offseason.

 

/thread.